This guy is mint been watching him for last 12 months I’ve been a motor mechanic 42 years as every position in road haulage and road transport I like he’s approach and skill’s similar to mine top man good on him .
My late Mother owned one of these, 'T' reg, in two-tone yellow and white and I think hers was an 1100. Handled just like a go cart on rubber suspension. I had a Bedford HA van that was changed from 40bhp to 60bhp with the addition of a Viva HC engine from a car that my mate rolled. Got a library book about cylinder heads and got a spare and learned how to grind out the ports, match gaskets and hand grind valves. Happy days! Much more fun that an OBDII port! Smashing video, Al. Brings back so many fun memories.
Brings back memories being about 18 putting 1100 engine's in to 850 or fitting inch and hall su carbs to them to make them go faster. Great video makes a change having something decent to watch on a Sunday morning. please keep them coming Al
The Clubman's are so much easier to work on than Minis with the standard front end - the better access makes a huge difference. A hugely enjoyable video again - that engine sounds sweet as a nut, keep em coming! 😃👍👍
I do love this shape mini had one had to sell it the same day as always laughing driving it Bought for 30 quid and sold for 50 quid a few hours later My wooly hat been refitted to keep my solar panel dry
I don't want to think about that too much if I had a barn or land just to park up my old cars instead of selling them cheap if I had bought a fast ford instead of a fast volvo I could get my money back and a profit
Thank you so much for this video. As a kid from age 14 i used to work minis and try and repair them. Mostly i got it wrong, i had a library haynes manual that i got fined for never returning and my grandads old tools. I did learn by mistake all the time, but owning fixing and driving them remains one of my favourite car memories. Not been in or worked on a mini since rolling my last one some 20 years ago now. I miss them, so brilliant, funny and thoughtful content as yours is wonderful. Thank you, of all the channels i subscribe to. Yours is the one i click for straight away.
Excellent video Al, will it start? Erm oh look no engine. Ah just happen to a spare one here. And apart from minor issues it went in easy and ran brilliantly!
Great video Al. I'm not a mini man but did enjoy a blast around the streets of North London in one many years ago. Great fun car and I'd happily have one for high days etc.
Loved this one Al😅 My first car was an 850 mini. Still remember the reg BFX897B ! Spent seemingly more time under the bonnet than driving it. I learned a lot, and a basic set of AF combination spanners and a slot head screwdriver and a set of mole grips together with my mates ballpein hammer got most things done. Swapped the 850 for an MG 1100 engine, went very quickly to 60, but died of piston failure soon after😟Happy days
This is a trip down memory lane, some interesting mods on that mini such as the lcb (long centre branch manifold), looks like it's got later 12 inch wheels, the first carb you fitted looked like 1,3/4 or 2" HS4 (seen as an alternative to twin carbs) as opposed to iirc the HIF fitted normally, engine sounds pretty good and should be fine on the lcb and standard carb (always seemed to me the lcb let the engine rev more readily and sounded a bit more "rorty" as well).
Great video Al love the old minis and the little girl has life 👍, look forward to the next one on her , great content as always and looking forward to a bit of tractorage be great to see the drots working at your mates and also seeing a bit of driving of the zetor, keep the great content coming mate
Fantastic video. Very first car and was a mini and many many more after that one. Really takes me back watching these vids. Would love one now but they are way above what I used to pay for them so for now these vids will tide me over. Keep up the great work.
Great video. Didn’t see you connect the Speedo cable. Easiest way is just before dropping the engine unit fully into position. Otherwise can be a very frustrating task. I’ve been there. Please carry on,great entertainment. 🎉
Didnt expect this on the channel, you made light work of getting that engine in 💪 i had a similar exhaust head scratching moment during the week, replacing backbox on Golf gti; couldn't get it over the beam, luckily only after a few seconds i realised beam needed jacking as it was on the ramps 😁👍
Brilliant video Al. My first car was a Mini (1275GT Clubman). It bought back lots of memories of my early attempts at learning how to maintain my own car - including all the amateur first timer mistakes I made in the process. I did laugh when you threw away the Haynes "book of fairy tales" at the beginning of the video - did you realise the firing order was in there??? 🤣Looking forward to the next video - roll on Sunday!
Great video love seeing these old school motors brought back to life, would be nice to see you team up with bearded explorer or imstokze and save some of their amazing finds, until next time. 👌
Hello I'm thenewstoryteller I have a mini which I'm to drive from the shack in Wedge Avenue it's a 96 model and it's automatic which I call it a manualatic it's brought from new South Wales Australia. There's a film of it in a car show. Hello from Tasmania.
A lad had a brown one in my town. It had a 1750 ?? Maxi engine and twin SU carbs ,sounded awsome,might actually been webbers on it ,long time ago lol . Great channel Al 👍
Absolutely superb vid, Al! 100% love what you’re doing, how you’re doing it, and how you’re delivering it (Winkerage had me in bits!) Really lookin’ forward to the next instalment Keep ‘em comin’ JCHK
Fair play Al that was bloody brilliant mate. I can not wait for next Sundays installment. I've got a lovely Jag XJC V12 that's been sat a few years, don't suppose you fancy getting that going for many dollars???
❤ amazing, the old angrybird lives again. Can't thank you enough chap.🎉
This channel is becoming a firm favourite.
Hugely varied content with a shed load of knowledge and love the relaxed presenting style.👍
Thanks for taking me back to memories of my Mum's Mini Clubman.
Really fantastic video. Takes me back to the time when I replaced the gearbox on my 1964 MG 1100 saloon. Well done and thank you.
Fantastic! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more original “will it run “ video..entertaining as always 👍👍👍
Fellow diesel mechanic here love the Chanel keep up the good work 👍
Brings back some good memories of sitting in the boot of my uncles clubman in the 70's. Great little cars.
Love the mini content. The clubman’s are such a cool looking thing.
This guy is mint been watching him for last 12 months I’ve been a motor mechanic 42 years as every position in road haulage and road transport I like he’s approach and skill’s similar to mine top man good on him .
My wife and myself have had over 30 minis between us starting from the mid 80s love the video Al so many memories flooding back
My late Mother owned one of these, 'T' reg, in two-tone yellow and white and I think hers was an 1100. Handled just like a go cart on rubber suspension. I had a Bedford HA van that was changed from 40bhp to 60bhp with the addition of a Viva HC engine from a car that my mate rolled. Got a library book about cylinder heads and got a spare and learned how to grind out the ports, match gaskets and hand grind valves. Happy days! Much more fun that an OBDII port! Smashing video, Al. Brings back so many fun memories.
Great memories ❤
Fantastic save! Great video. Nice to see another Mini coming back to life.
That’s a beauty of a recovery truck
Brings back memories being about 18 putting 1100 engine's in to 850 or fitting inch and hall su carbs to them to make them go faster. Great video makes a change having something decent to watch on a Sunday morning. please keep them coming Al
Brilliant video. Love how you have the persuader always at hand 😂 ⚒️
Proper videos, from a proper fella. I'm hooked. This one was a proper feel good vibe. Keep them coming Al. 👍👍🍻🍻
Should definitely come back and show it getting road ready❤😂🎉😊👍
at first i thought it was gonna transplant mini engine into the plastic pig , but this was another great video, cheers al - jamie
This is a great channel with a wide variety of cars being worked on. Love it. Please keep it going. Look forward to the next...
I was screaming at you about them leads at one point al will just crank the death out of it thought the starter was going through the roof 😂 brilliant
Well done Sir, sounds sweet considering the engine hasn't been running for a long time.
I'm already in love with this little mini
Best channel on the tube!
Love old bits of kit being bought back to life and given another chance! Nice one!. 🙂
The Clubman's are so much easier to work on than Minis with the standard front end - the better access makes a huge difference. A hugely enjoyable video again - that engine sounds sweet as a nut, keep em coming! 😃👍👍
Just discovered your channel... fantastic character.... subscribed.. Love it😂👍
Absolutely joyous. Also the fondly remembered sound of every Winter morning on a street near you 50 years ago.
Pop the spark plugs in the oven for 5 mins on really cold days.
Nice one lad minis are easy to work on good to see her come back alive 👍
Brilliant! Shared one of your videos with my mate the other day and we decided you are the Fred Dibnah of cars 👌👌🤣
You need your own TV show 👍👍
Nice one.
You got to love the old basic engines.
Great blast back in time 👍👍
I do love this shape mini had one had to sell it the same day as always laughing driving it
Bought for 30 quid and sold for 50 quid a few hours later
My wooly hat been refitted to keep my solar panel dry
Those were the days you could buy running cars next to nothing 😊 the regrets i have mk1 and mk2 escort, minis they would be worth a fortune today 😱
I don't want to think about that too much if I had a barn or land just to park up my old cars instead of selling them cheap if I had bought a fast ford instead of a fast volvo I could get my money back and a profit
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That’s always the problem Storage 🤔👍
Throws Haynes manual away then struggles with firing order. Perfect bloke stuff, keep it up.
Well done Al!! We all knew you would bring it back.
That will be a nice little project for someone to get back on the road. I expect to see the unicorn on the front of one of your sprinters next week!
Love proper minis , what a little treasure, the mini that is lol 😂. Look forward to the merchandise 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧👍
Good video and its also nice to have some decent weather.
Thank you so much for this video. As a kid from age 14 i used to work minis and try and repair them. Mostly i got it wrong, i had a library haynes manual that i got fined for never returning and my grandads old tools. I did learn by mistake all the time, but owning fixing and driving them remains one of my favourite car memories. Not been in or worked on a mini since rolling my last one some 20 years ago now. I miss them, so brilliant, funny and thoughtful content as yours is wonderful. Thank you, of all the channels i subscribe to. Yours is the one i click for straight away.
Thanks fella much appreciated 👍
I love these video's so down to earth and just get on with it , very rewarding !
Greetings From Holland !
I can remember fixing all these things when I was an apprentice
Top fella,see you sunday
Very cool Al yet another great will it start video looking forward to Sunday video
Loving it! My mum used to have a red clubman estate.
Looking forward to seeing it running next week, love old mini's
im still in long johns..............in Guildford. great content as usual. gotta love an iconic MINI
Brilliant video Al . Awesome little car too 😎
Great job buddy love your channel and sence of humour what a guy !👍
Brilliant great laugh watching and listening to you....... No doubt about it you know your stuff!!!!!!
Perfect way to start a Sunday m8! 👍
Excellent video Al, will it start? Erm oh look no engine. Ah just happen to a spare one here. And apart from minor issues it went in easy and ran brilliantly!
Great video Al. I'm not a mini man but did enjoy a blast around the streets of North London in one many years ago. Great fun car and I'd happily have one for high days etc.
love it! thankyou for enlightening my boring sunday!
Cracking content, I really love your down to earth and back to basics content, keep em coming.👍
All in 20 minutes? Brilliant work
Lol I wish 👍
Ace...Enjoyed the video chap...Excellent mini....
Your a Natural in front of the camera, and a Very Entertaining Chap... I've just Subscribed.
Enjoyed every minute if that , cheers Al.
You never cease to amaze me, another great video!
Hi 👋🏻 Al just lovin your videos lots of old school with fantastic humour thrown in 😊
Another great watch..Brill stuff..
What an awsome little mini 😊👍
Loved this one Al😅 My first car was an 850 mini. Still remember the reg BFX897B ! Spent seemingly more time under the bonnet than driving it. I learned a lot, and a basic set of AF combination spanners and a slot head screwdriver and a set of mole grips together with my mates ballpein hammer got most things done. Swapped the 850 for an MG 1100 engine, went very quickly to 60, but died of piston failure soon after😟Happy days
Great video really enjoyed it.... Haynes comic 😅😅😅
This is a trip down memory lane, some interesting mods on that mini such as the lcb (long centre branch manifold), looks like it's got later 12 inch wheels, the first carb you fitted looked like 1,3/4 or 2" HS4 (seen as an alternative to twin carbs) as opposed to iirc the HIF fitted normally, engine sounds pretty good and should be fine on the lcb and standard carb (always seemed to me the lcb let the engine rev more readily and sounded a bit more "rorty" as well).
HIF carb is from 1990 on, hs2 or HS4 for this era mini from standard
Do love this channel !
Great video Al love the old minis and the little girl has life 👍, look forward to the next one on her , great content as always and looking forward to a bit of tractorage be great to see the drots working at your mates and also seeing a bit of driving of the zetor, keep the great content coming mate
Love your videos Al thank you 😊
Good video an old EJ plate local to my part of Wales
This was a welcome surprise 🥳🥳🥳 Brilliant channel 😊Bring on the merchandise 👍🏻👏👌
Great video again, good content, and interesting
Another brilliant video 👍👍
Great videos as always love watching them, keep it up look forward to watching them👍
great work al!
Another great video, thanks Al.
The headlights give the impression they're on before the engines even been put in 😅😅😅
Always look forward to your vids! Keep them coming great content 🤙🏻
Fantastic video. Very first car and was a mini and many many more after that one. Really takes me back watching these vids. Would love one now but they are way above what I used to pay for them so for now these vids will tide me over. Keep up the great work.
Cheer fella 👍
Great video. Didn’t see you connect the Speedo cable. Easiest way is just before dropping the engine unit
fully into position. Otherwise can be a very frustrating task. I’ve been there. Please carry on,great entertainment. 🎉
Didnt expect this on the channel, you made light work of getting that engine in 💪 i had a similar exhaust head scratching moment during the week, replacing backbox on Golf gti; couldn't get it over the beam, luckily only after a few seconds i realised beam needed jacking as it was on the ramps 😁👍
Id love to see it run on the road 🙂 great work AL 🙂 Im up for merch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brilliant video Al. My first car was a Mini (1275GT Clubman). It bought back lots of memories of my early attempts at learning how to maintain my own car - including all the amateur first timer mistakes I made in the process. I did laugh when you threw away the Haynes "book of fairy tales" at the beginning of the video - did you realise the firing order was in there??? 🤣Looking forward to the next video - roll on Sunday!
Brilliant video. Well done!
Brilliant...Will be looking to purchase xxxl polo shirt ish when available..thanks for great video ,all the best Al
Brilliant video
Mate, I've got a load of blank tshirts. I'll put your logo on it and send you a couple no bother. Was alteady thinking i should do you a hoodie! 🧐
A+ engine is a good choice as it can run on unleaded without out an additive
Great video love seeing these old school motors brought back to life, would be nice to see you team up with bearded explorer or imstokze and save some of their amazing finds, until next time. 👌
Another nice video thanks
Great video al tea and biscuits and working on a mini brilliant, the health and safety minions can !@#off
You should have looked in the Haynes because we all know "refitting is the reverse of removal". 😂👍
Hello I'm thenewstoryteller I have a mini which I'm to drive from the shack in Wedge Avenue it's a 96 model and it's automatic which I call it a manualatic it's brought from new South Wales Australia. There's a film of it in a car show. Hello from Tasmania.
I've always had a craving for mini traveller or van/pick up.
A lad had a brown one in my town. It had a 1750 ?? Maxi engine and twin SU carbs ,sounded awsome,might actually been webbers on it ,long time ago lol . Great channel Al 👍
The old land crab engine swaparoo.
Love your videos top man.
Absolutely superb vid, Al! 100% love what you’re doing, how you’re doing it, and how you’re delivering it (Winkerage had me in bits!)
Really lookin’ forward to the next instalment
Keep ‘em comin’
JCHK
You must have felt a little love for this one, I noticed the posh spanners seemed to come out, great video
Ah imperial spanner’s !! Don’t get much use anymore 👍
Brilliant Al love it 😂
You sneaked that in! 😄
That thing sounds sweet!
excellent video had one of those many moons ago👍😊
Fair play Al that was bloody brilliant mate. I can not wait for next Sundays installment. I've got a lovely Jag XJC V12 that's been sat a few years, don't suppose you fancy getting that going for many dollars???